73 Further Thought – Small Things, Big Impact
Kara Stanley
Small Things, Big Impact
We tend to think of ourselves as the top dogs on this planet, but the truth is, we share our world with a vast and unseen crew – microorganisms! These tiny bacteria, fungi, and viruses are everywhere, and they play a surprisingly big role in our daily lives.
- University of San Fransisco – Mycoremediation: How Fungi Can Repair Our Land
- Nature – Growth response and mycoremediation of heavy metals by fungus Pleurotus sp.
- Cold Spring Harbor Lab, DNA Learning Center – How insulin is made using bacteria
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology – Microbial Cell Factories for Green Production of Vitamins
- American Society for Microbiology – How Microbes Help Us Reclaim Our Wastewater